Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC Theses Theses and Dissertations 12-1-2017 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR: BISMUTH SELENIDE THIN FILMS Yub Raj Sapkota Southern Illinois University Carbondale,
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[email protected]. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR: BISMUTH SELENID THIN FILMS By Yub Raj Sapkota B.Sc.,Tribhuvan University, 2008 M.Sc., Tribhuvan University, 2012 A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Department of Physics In the Graduate School Southern Illinois University Carbondale December 2017 THESIS APPROVAL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR: BISMUTH SELENIDE THIN FILMS By Yub Raj Sapkota A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the field of Physics Approved by: Dr. Dipanjan Mazumdar, Chair Dr. Saikat Talapatra Dr. K.V. Shajesh Graduate School Southern Illinois University Carbondale July 28, 2017 ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Yub Raj Sapkota, for the Master of Science degree in Physics, presented on July 28, 2017, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR: BISMUTH SELENIDE THIN FILMS MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Dipanjan Mazumdar Topological Insulator (TI) is new classes of materials with gapless surface states and insulating bulk.